Andheri residents oppose takeover of Seven Hills hospital by Industrialist Mukesh Ambani

Amid civilian organisations opposing the privatisation of government-run hospitals nether the public-private partnership, the organisation — Andheri Vikas Samiti, led by leaders crossed governmental parties successful Mumbai, staged a protestation connected Thursday (November 6, 2025), demanding the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) instrumentality power of the SevenHills hospital, “instead of giving it to industrialist Mukesh Ambani”. 

The Andheri Vikas Samiti, comprising enactment functionaries from BJP, NCP-SP, NCP, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), CPI, and others, demonstrated successful beforehand of the SevenHills infirmary successful Andheri East, urging the BJP-led Mahayuti authorities to conscionable to sermon demands. 

“All we privation is for BMC to instrumentality implicit the power of the hospital. Earlier, the infirmary nether the PPP exemplary failed to survive; astatine the aforesaid time, it was hard for the past antheral to afford. Once again, putting the infirmary nether the aforesaid attraction is unacceptable. A little privileged antheral tin hardly locomotion to Kokilaben and Nanavati hospital, volition they beryllium capable to bash erstwhile Ambani’s instrumentality implicit this hospital,” said Rajesh Sharma, Chairman of the Andheri Vikas Samiti. 

During the protest, helium besides discussed that the hospital’s indebtedness occupation tin beryllium solved if BMC pays disconnected the indebtedness from the fixed deposits. “Anyhow, they were waiving disconnected pending taxes of the infirmary for Ambani arsenic well,” helium added. 

The hospital, primitively meant for crab patients, was nether the PPP model, managed by Visakhapatnam Industrialist Jitendra Das Maganti. Due to debts, the owners got into the insolvency proceedings. The infirmary is dispersed crossed 16.7 acres and has 1,500 beds, retired of which a fewer person been operational since the past decade, portion different parts of the infirmary person been lying vacant. 

Andheri Vikas Samiti has written letters to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Mukesh Ambani connected the issue. However, “no action” oregon meetings person been held connected this matter. “Continuous follow-ups person been made with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the BMC, and acrophobic authorities, but the deficiency of effect from either the Chief Minister oregon the medication is worrisome,” said Dilip Mane, associated with the Samiti. 

The Samiti besides wrote a missive to Ambani, requesting not to instrumentality implicit the infirmary and instead, “facilitate the process of its takeover by the government, for the payment of the radical of Mumbai and Maharashtra”. 

Andheri Shiv Sena Murji Patel said that helium volition assistance to scope these demands to the government. “BMC made a mistake erstwhile by giving a infirmary to backstage players. I guarantee you it won’t hap again.”